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App Using AI To Find STIs Shut Down 🍭
Elon Musk moving his businesses from California, Google ending Search Result Notes, and more...
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Music Labels Sue Verizon For $2.6 Billion
YouTube Music Tests AI Playlists
HR Company Tries Hiring AI Like Humans
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Fast Snacks 🥡
Best Amazon Prime Day Tech Deals You Can Get
Amazon’s Prime Day is in full swing, and the Verge has curated the top tech deals worth considering, from noise-canceling headphones to smart home accessories, available through July 17th…
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Donald Trump Likes TikTok, Not Zuckerberg
In an interview with Bloomberg, former President Trump voiced support for TikTok, emphasizing the need for competition against Facebook and Instagram — probably fueled by lingering resentment over his Facebook ban…
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Two Senators Questioning The Big AT&T Breach
Senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley sent letters to AT&T and Snowflake CEOs demanding details about a cybersecurity breach that compromised customer data...
D**k Pic Review
App ‘Used AI To Weed Out Daters With STIs’ Shut Down
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HeHealth's AI-powered Calmara app, which claimed to screen for STIs using dick pics, has been shut down after an FTC inquiry.
The app promised accurate STI detection but faced backlash for dubious scientific claims and privacy issues.
Eventually, the FTC found the app unreliable and potentially misleading, so HeHealth agreed to shut down both Calmara and its main app, delete user data, and cease operations.
Lost Business
Elon Musk Moving X & SpaceX To Texas
This is the final straw.
Because of this law and the many others that preceded it, attacking both families and companies, SpaceX will now move its HQ from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
7:13 PM • Jul 16, 2024
Elon Musk announced plans to relocate the headquarters of X (formerly Twitter) and SpaceX from California to Texas following California’s SAFETY Act, which supports LGBTQ students.
Now, SpaceX’s HQ will move to Starbase, Texas, while X will move to Austin.
Musk has previously moved Tesla’s headquarters to Texas in response to regulatory and operational challenges in California.
Test Your Skill
Snack Quiz: Choose The Real Image 🔍
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Can you tell which image is real? |
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Copying Community Notes
Google Ends Search Results Annotation Experiment
Google is discontinuing its Notes experiment, which allowed users to annotate search results with text and images.
It launched in November as part of Search Labs, a feature aimed to enhance search results with user insights. However, the experiment will end soon due to limited popularity.
Google plans to use insights from the test to develop future features that connect users to authentic, relatable content.
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Everything Else You Need To Know
Apple has sourced data for their AI from several companies
One of them scraped tons of data/transcripts from YouTube videos, including mine
Apple technically avoids "fault" here because they're not the ones scraping
But this is going to be an evolving problem for a long time
— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD)
1:40 PM • Jul 16, 2024
AI Training Uses YouTube Content: A report revealed that Apple, Anthropic, Nvidia, and Salesforce used subtitles from over 170,000 YouTube videos to train their AI systems without permission.
FTC Investigates Amazon-Adept Deal: The FTC is examining Amazon’s deal with AI startup Adept, focusing on Amazon hiring Adept's team and licensing its technology.
Instagram Adds Multi-Track Feature to Reels: Instagram now allows users to add up to 20 songs to their Reels, enabling more dynamic audio mixes.
Hackers Leak Disney's Internal Slack Data: Hackers from the group Nullbulge leaked over a terabyte of Disney’s internal Slack data.
Apple Embraces Customization in iOS 18: iOS 18 introduces significant customization features, allowing users to tint app icons, rearrange them freely, and create more personalized home screens.
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Lost Sienfeld Episodes
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